This text highlights the role that renewable energy can play in achieving sustainable development. It focuses on rural areas of developing countries, looking in particular at stand-alone solar home systems and grid-connected biomass cogeneration plants. It analyzes the main barriers to the successfu
Renewable Energy Technologies. Their Applications in Developing Countries
โ Scribed by L. A. Kristoferson and V. Bokalders (Auth.)
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 321
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Other Pergamon Titles of Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Pages vii-viii
INTRODUCTION, Pages ix-xii
ABSTRACTS, Pages xiii-xviii
1 - FUELWOOD: FORESTRY & AGROFORESTRY, Pages 3-21
2 - ENERGY CROPS, Pages 22-26
3 - AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AND ORGANIC WASTES, Pages 27-33
4 - PEAT, Pages 34-42
5 - BRIQUETTING OF BIOMASS, Pages 43-51
6 - CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, Pages 52-67
7 - WOOD AND CHARCOAL STOVES, Pages 68-87
8 - BIOMASS COMBUSTION IN SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY, Pages 88-99
9 - BIOGAS, Pages 100-113
10 - DRAUGHT ANIMAL POWER, Pages 114-127
11 - PRODUCTION OF BIOMASS ENGINE FUELS, Pages 131-149
12 - BIOMASS FUELS IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, Pages 150-162
13 - EXTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND USE OF BIOMASS FUELS, Pages 163-173
14 - COMPARISON & SELECTION OF BIOMASS ENGINES, Pages 174-180
15 - SOLAR WATER HEATING, Pages 183-190
16 - PHOTOVOLTAICS, Pages 191-200
17 - ADVANCED SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM, Pages 201-214
18 - SOLAR WATER DISTILLATION, Pages 215-218
19 - SOLAR DRIERS, Pages 219-228
20 - SOLAR COOKERS, Pages 229-231
21 - PASSIVE HEATING & COOLING OF BUILDINGS, Pages 232-247
22 - SMALL-SCALE HYDROPOWER, Pages 251-268
23 - OCEAN POWER: TIDAL, WAVE & OTEC, Pages 269-271
24 - WIND POWER, Pages 272-282
25 - WATER PUMPING: AN OVERVIEW, Pages 283-295
26 - WIND PUMPS, Pages 296-307
27 - HAND PUMPS, Pages 308-311
1 - LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, UNITS AND ACRONYMS, Pages 315-316
2 - CONVERSION TABLES, Pages 317-318
3 - LIST OF BACKGROUND REPORTS COMMISSIONED BY THE BEIJER INSTITUTE, Page 319
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